Colocasia 'Black Magic'
Plant Delights says it was found in the Philippines as a dark sport in a green patch of C. esculenta and introduced to the US through Walter Pagels. Very vigorous, 1.5–2 m, grows in soil or standing water in sun to part shade; hardy to about zone 7 if the tubers are kept deep.
Wild ancestry
The wild species it descends from, with each one's share of the ancestry:
Colocasia esculenta
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Parentage from published registrations and growers' records; the family tree in the app shows each step's source.